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New York Times, Wednesday, August 28, 1996

Author:
F. Heaney
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : Wild expanse
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
114/17/19968/16/20203
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
30142001
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
111.548260%
Francis Heaney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Heaney. Wednesday freshness: 82%
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© 1996, The New York Times8/28/96 ( No. 17,095 )
Across
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Discontinue the countdown : ABORT
6
Sweet raisin cake : BABKA
11
Black bird : DAW
14
The Pineapple Island : LANAI
15
An archangel : URIEL
16
Salt Lake City athlete : UTE
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One way to make a million : SWEEPSTAKES
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Madrid Mrs. : SRA
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Takes too much, in a way : ODS
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Tree trimming : TINSEL
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Fuss : STIR
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Not "for here" : TOGO
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Eventually : ONEDAY
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Israelites' home, in Genesis : GOSHEN
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Continental line : DIVIDE
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Made a parabola : ARCED
32
Feline property : NINELIVES
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Slobodan Milosevic, e.g. : SERB
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Party handout : FAVOR
37
It freezes your flippers : TILT
38
Gives maximum effort : POURSITON
40
Eyelashes : CILIA
41
Long-eared hound : BASSET
42
Particular photo : GLOSSY
43
Frasier's ex : LILITH
45
___ of faculty : DEAN
46
1979 revolution site : IRAN
47
Stun guns : TASERS
50
"___ Lay Dying" : ASI
53
"Smoking or ___?" : NON
54
Tightly sealed containers : VACUUMPACKS
56
Remnant : END
57
Caper : ANTIC
58
China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI
59
Prefix with functional : DYS
60
Play for the Red Wings, e.g. : SKATE
61
Decisive wins : ROUTS
Down
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Besides which : ALSO
2
Madam : BAWD
3
Half the binary system : ONES
4
Charlotte of "The Facts of Life" : RAE
5
Went quietly : TIPTOED
6
Belushi catch phrase : BUTNO
7
Mr. Parseghian and others : ARAS
8
Kind of messenger : BIKE
9
Collapse : KEELOVER
10
Gore and Capp : ALS
11
Small whirlwinds : DUSTDEVILS
12
Open-air rooms : ATRIA
13
Pooped : WEARY
18
Converse with the deaf : SIGN
22
Treasonous talk : SEDITION
23
Damon Runyon's name for gangster Arnold Rothstein : THEBRAIN
25
Zip : NIL
26
Short-of-breath breath : GASP
27
Hydrox rival : OREO
28
Wild expanse : SCRUBLANDS
29
Fairway damage : DIVOT
30
Not excluded from : INON
32
Archibald of basketball : NATE
33
Yalies : ELIS
34
Canine command : STAY
36
Home made of glass : FISHTANK
39
Transportation that's booming? : SST
40
Gripper : CLASPER
42
Start, as of an idea : GERM
43
Like notebook paper : LINED
44
Literary device : IRONY
45
Trey preceder : DEUCE
48
Ancient Roman decrees : ACTA
49
Business attire : SUIT
50
Human rights org. : ACLU
51
Three-handed card game : SKAT
52
Sister of Nephthys : ISIS
54
Anatomical duct : VAS
55
Enero-to-enero period : ANO

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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